HTTP:: Apple Posts Key Differences Between Software Update Upgrade
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Apple has re-posted / modified one of its Support articles outlining the differences between updating your software, and performing a major upgrade. Last modified on September 02, 2009, article HT1444 summarizes its contents saying, “Find out the differences between an Apple software update and an upgrade.†Products affected include Mac OS X 10.4, Mac OS X 10.3, Mac OS X 10.2, Mac OS X 10.1, Mac OS X 10.0, Mac OS X 10.5, as well as the latest revision to the Mac OS, Mac OS X 10.6 aka Snow Leopard. Apple begins by revealing what an Upgrade is. According to the Mac maker, “an Apple ‘software upgrade’ means a major, standalone version of a software product. Such products are usually something you purchase. They are shipped in a box or shrink-wrapped package. Mac OS X upgrades are sometimes also called ‘reference releases.’ For example,†Apple pinpoints, “Mac OS X v10.6 is an upgrade product available from an Apple reseller, Apple Retail store, or the Apple !
Online Store.†An Update, on the other hand, is something a tad less significant, but important nonetheless (in most cases). “A ‘software update’ updates a major (reference release) version of software, but does not upgrade it to the next major version...
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